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"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."

"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."

"Truth is beautiful, without a doubt. But so are lies."

"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded."

"It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

"Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?"

"The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear."